I had the privilage of taking out Mrs. Renshaw’s Grade 1/2 class from Champlain Heights Elementary school for another educational walk and down the Champlain Heights trail. For our 45 minute walk we stopped to look at edible native and naturalized plants, including: plantain (its… Read More »Outdoor Education
On April 27, 2022, fellow environmental stewardship group, The Still Moon Art’s Society, who are based to the north of us in the East Vancouver neighbourhood of Renfrew, held a Beaver Pond(er)ing Lodging Celebration! Over the past two months, volunteers with the Still Moon Art… Read More »Beaver Celebration!
On April 24, 2022, Free the Fern was grateful to receive 34 plants generously donated to us by the Environmental Youth Alliance (EYA). The Environmental Youth Alliance is a registered charity that supports BIPOC youth by providing them free land-based education and paid employment-training in… Read More »EYA Free Plants!
On April 23, 2022, Free the Fern was happy to have a table at Earth Fest at Everett Crowley Park. 11 Free the Fern volunteers were on hand to help share about our stewardship work. We had examples of ivy baskets (woven by Joe), sample… Read More »Earth Fest
Our environmental stewardship group is known as “Free the Fern”, as we remove the invasive plants to free ferns and other native plants. I thought it would be fitting if I take a bit of time to introduce some of our native west coast ferns.… Read More »Types of Ferns
Between January 1, 2022 and April 21, 2022: 21 people have volunteered with Free the Fern Volunteers have spent 230 hours pulling invasive weeds, raking leaves, replanting native plants, moving leaf mulch, and hosting events. Together, we have filled 124 city green bins with invasive… Read More »That is a lot of weeds!
Over the past year, as Free the Fern volunteers have removed invasive weeds and replanted native plants along the Red Alder Trail in South Vancouver, we have also unearthed a collection of garbage artifacts. Some of them date from the 1920’s or even earlier. Prior… Read More »Artifacts
In February 2022 Free the Fern volunteers began to take on the challenge of clearing invasives (English ivy & Himalayan blackberry) from the Triangle. The Triangle was a large thicket of invasives where the Red Alder Trail forks, between Matheson Height’s Co-op and Cartier Place… Read More »The Triangle
Today, on April 14, 2022, Brian Smith, with Fisheries and Ocean’s Canada, in partnership with the Still Moon Art’s Society, organized a Coho Salmon fry release into Still Creek at the Renfrew Ravine. The young salmon were carried in buckets by volunteers, down wooden steps… Read More »Salmon Fry Release!
Today, on April 13, 2022, Free the Fern members Grace & Joe, were invited to present at North Vancouver School District’s BeAwair Fair 2022. This year, Carson Graham Secondary was hosting, with the vice principle, Justin Wong, as the main organizer. Over 3000 students from… Read More »BeAwair Fair